Honey Baby (2004)

A road movie based on the Greek story of Orpheus and Eurydice...

Director:

Mika Kaurismäki

Writers:

Eike Goreczka, Mika Kaurismäki,

Stars:

Henry Thomas, Irina Björklund, Helmut Berger

Cast

Credited cast:
Henry Thomas	...	Tom Brackett
Irina Björklund	...	Natasha (Honey Baby)
Helmut Berger	...	Karl / Hades
Kari Väänänen	...	The Great Enrico
Yelena Gorbunova	...	Anna
Katerina Golanova	...	Olga
Aleksandrs Radzevics	...	Bello
Bela B. Felsenheimer	...	Martin (Tom's agent)
Kai Wiesinger	...	Ulrich
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Peter Franzén	...	Waiter
Maria Kaurismäki	...	Nurse
Bridge Markland	...	Hades woman

Storyline

A road movie based on the Greek story of Orpheus and Eurydice...

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Plot Keywords:

road movie | karelia | winter | dancer | ballet | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [de]

Country:

Finland Germany Latvia Russia

Language:

English Latvian Russian

Release Date:

25 February 2005 (Finland)

Filming Locations:

Germany

Box Office

Budget:

€2,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Eho Filma, Marianna Films, Slovo

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min 103 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

All the bees are real. One criterion for the female lead was that she should not be afraid of the bees.

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Soundtracks

"Path"
Written by Ville Valo
Performed by HIM
Courtesy of BMG

User Reviews

A very thrilling story.

I really enjoyed it. Even if it was basically a simple love story, it was somehow different, a film to think about. I'm normally not a big fan of road movies, but this one somehow got me under its spell. The scenery was very special, I felt that the film was shot in real locations, in places that I haven't seen before.

The film had many surrealistic elements, and sometimes it wasn't clear for me, how the story would develop, but I suppose it was meant to be so and it made me more curious, how it would go on. The main characters were somewhat indifferent in the beginning, but I got to like them in the course of the story. It was romantic but not cheesy. I guess it made an impact on me, otherwise I wouldn't probably be commenting on it.

And, I almost forgot, the soundtrack is great!